Heiress Margery de Bohun of Bisley 
Margery was born about 1252 in Bisley, Gloucestershire, England. Margery's father was Sir Humphrey de Bohun VI and her mother was Alianore de Braose. Her paternal grandparents were Earl Humphrey de Bohun V of Hereford and Maud de Lusignan; her maternal grandparents were William de Braose and Eve Marshall. She had a brother and two sisters, named Humphrey, Alianore and Mary.General Notes
Margery (or Eleanor), heiress of 1/4 hundred of Bisley, co. Gloucester. [Ancestral Roots]
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He [Theobald de Verdun] married, before 6 November 1276, Margery (c). He died 24 August 1309 at Alton, aged about 61, and was buried 13 October in Croxden Abbey, in that co. [Complete Peeerage XII/2:249-50, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(c) By right of his wife he held 1/4 of the hundred of Bisley, co. Gloucester.
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From: Douglas Richardson (royalancestry@msn.com)
Subject: Margery de Bohun, wife of Theobald de Verdun (Was: A New Bohun Daughter Discovered)
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Date: 2002-01-11 15:41:47 PST
Dear Newsgroup ~
Today I had the opportunity to further research the matter of Theobald de Verdun's wife, Margery.
VCH Gloucester 11 (1976): 12 indicates about 1170, Hugh, Earl of Chester, granted the fee of Bisley, co. Gloucester to Humphrey de Bohun, son-in-law of Miles of Hereford. Humphrey was to hold the property for the service of 3 knights fees out of the 5 owed for the fee.
VCH Gloucester 11 (1976): 1 further shows that in 1274, the Hundred Rolls show that the hundred of Bisley was held by Peter Corbet (in right of his wife, Joan), Tibbald le Botiler (in right of his wife, Margery), and Richard le Eyer. Half of the profits belonged to Peter, the other half was shared equally by Tibbald and Richard.
In 1303, a total of 2 3/4 fees in Bisley and Stroud were held from the earl of Hereford. including parts of Bisley manor, which fees were in the possession respectively of Joan Corbet, Tibbald de Verdun, and Richard of Bisley [Reference: Feudal Aids, 2 (1900): 251].
In 1309, at Theobald de Verdun's death, it was recorded that he owned a capital messuage and lands at Bisley, co. Gloucester "in free marriage of the earl of Hereford by service of rendering 1 lb. cummin yearly." [Reference: Cal. IPM, vol. 5 (1908): 96].
The above information, taken together with the abstract of the legal case I posted earlier today, make it clear that Theobald de Verdun's wife, Margery, was the daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, and that she had a 1/4 share of the manor and hundred of Bisley, co. Gloucester in free marriage. Also, it appears that Margery was married previously to a certain Robert de W., who evidently died prior to 1274, without male issue. For an abstract of the legal case, see my earlier post which is shown below.
As to which Humphrey de Bohun was Margery's father, it appears that the correct Humphrey is the Humphrey de Bohun, born say 1230, died 1265, who married before 1249 Eleanor, daughter of William de Breuse, lord of Abergavenny, by Eve, daughter of William le Marshal, Earl of Pembroke. This Humphrey was never Earl of Hereford, he having died in his father's lifetime. This would explain why Theobald de Verdun's statements refer to him only as "one Humphrey" and not as "Humphrey, Earl of Hereford."
It is unusual that a high born marriage for a Bohun woman should have escaped the attention of so many people prior to this time. This situation appears to have been caused by the tangled history of the hundred and manor of Bisley, co. Gloucester, which properties had multiple owners. It is fortunate indeed that a record of Theobald de Verdun's statements regarding his wife's parentage were preserved in the Yearbooks of Edward I and that his inquisition clearly show that he acquired the property at Bisley in free marriage, held under the Earls of Hereford.
Given that some 40 odd immigrants descend from Theobald de Verdun and his wife, Margery de Bohun, this new discovery doubtless affects the ancestry of a good many people here in the newsgroup.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
E-mail: royalancestry@msn.com
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1120 in Gloucestershire, England d.06 Apr 1187 in England
- b.~ 1143 in Gloucestershire, England d.1182
- b.~ 1126 in Gloucester, Gloucester, England d. in England
- b.1176 in Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng d.01 Jun 1220 in England
- b.ABT 1114/1119 in Scotland d.12 Jun 1152 in Scotland
- b.1144/1154 in Northumberland, Northumberland, England d.1201 in Richmond, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1104 in Huntingdon, England d.1178
- b.1208 in Hungerford, Essex, England d.24 Sep 1275 in Hungerford, Essex, England
- b.~ 1134 in Cherhill, Wiltshire, Eng d.< 1198
- b.~ 1162 in Walden, Essex, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Shouldham Priory, Downham, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1138 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England d.27 Aug 1236 in England
- b.< 1177 in Warwick, Warwickshire, Eng d.27 Aug 1236 in England
- b.1142 in England d.Aug 1177
- b.~ 1169 in Kimbolton, Norfolk, Eng d.19 Apr 1197 in England
- b.1144 in Scotland
- b.~ 1220 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.27 Aug 1265
- b.ABT 1065/1090 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.>02 Feb 1151
- b.Abt 1106/1115/1124 in Lusignan, Vienne, France d.11 Apr 1169 in Lusignan, Vienne, France
- b.~ 1095 in Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou Charentes, France d.1144
- b.~ 1164 in La Marche, Poictou, France d.01 May 1219 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England
- b.~ 1090 in Vendee, France d.~ 1154
- b.Abt 1110/1124/1130 in Fontenaylecomte, Vendee, France
- b.~ 1208 in La Marche, Poictou, France d.12 Aug 1241
- b.ABT 1118/1130 in Leicestershire, England d.26 Jun 1170
- b.ABT 1140/1160 in Leicestershire, England
- b.ABT 1120/1140 in Castle Arundel, Sussex, England d.11 Sep 1188
- b.~ 1180 in Shenton, Leicestershire, England
- b.1130 in Normandy, France d.07 May 1202 in England
- b.1163 in Surrey, England
- b.1137 in Surrey, England d.13 Jul 1199/1203 in Lewes, Sussex, England
- b.~ 1252 in Bisley, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1100 in Bramber, Sussexshire, England d.~ 1192 in England
- b.~ 1153 in Bramber, Sussexshire, England d.09 Aug 1211 in Corbeil, Marne, France
- b.~ 1130 in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
- b.ABT 1178/1185 in Bramber, Sussexshire, England d.09 Jun 1228 in Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
- b.~ 1117 in Haseldene, Gloucstershire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Bramber, Sussexshire, England d.1210 in Corfe, Windsor, England
- b.1132 in Burkenham, Norfolk, England d.24 Dec 1193 in Norfolk, England
- b.1204 in Brecknock, Surrey, England d.20 May 1230 in Wales
- b.~ 1114 in Stoke, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1145 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.1226 in Devonshire, England
- b.ABT 1115/1120 in Albemarle, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1176 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.1223
- b.ABT 1110/1115 in Dunstanville, Kent, England d.01 Jul 1175 in Chertsey, Surrey, England
- b.~ 1149 in Stoke, Devonshire, England d.24 Mar 1217
- b.~ 1114 in Cornwall, England
- b.~ 1230 in Breconshire, Wales d.< 1246 in Llanthony Inn, Gloucestershire, England
- b.~ 1066 in Clare, Suffolk, England d.1114/1117 in Clare, Tonebridge, Cardigan, Wales
- b.~ 1126 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1164/1165
- b.1105 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1144/1146 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.14 May 1219 in Caversham Manor, England
- b.~ 1100 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.1147
- b.~ 1129 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.03 Jun
- b.~ 1112 in Kempsford, Gloucestershire, England d.< 1147 in Near The Choir, Bradenstoke, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1194 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.< 1246 in England
- b.21 Sep 1100 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.06 Jan 1177 in England
- b.1125/1130 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.20 Apr 1176 in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
- b.ABT 1086/1096 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England d.~ 1147
- b.ABT 1172/1174 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.1220 in Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
- b.1110/1111 in Ireland d.01 May 1171 in Ferns, Ireland
- b.~ 1141 in Ireland d.1177
- b.~ 1114 in Ireland d.1191
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‌Margery and Theobald were married in a religious ceremony before November 6th, 1276. They had a son named Theobald.
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Children
Baron Theobald de Verdun
Theobald was born on September 8th, 1278 in Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. He died at the age of 37 on July 27th, 1316 in Alton, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England. He was buried in Croxden Abbey, Staffordshire, England.
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